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† to-mids, adv. and prep. Obs.
[OE. tó-middes, ME. to-medis, f. to prep. + middes: see mids.]
A. adv. In or into the midst.
Beowulf 3141 [Hie] Aleᵹdon ða to middes mærne þeoden. c1000Sax. Leechd. III. 56 Sete on feower healfe þæs ceapes, and an to middes. a1400Sir Perc. 1202 He roghte wele the lesse Awther of lyfe or of dede, To-medis that he were in a stede, Thar he myghte riste hym in thede A stownde in sekirnes!
B. prep. In or into the midst of. (Only OE.)
c1000Ags. Gosp. John i. 26 Tomiddes eow stod þe ᵹe ne cunnon. c1000ælfric Saints' Lives xxiii. 609 Hine þanon ealle atuᵹan tomiddes þære cypinge. |